bsmphilly.com Topics: abraham lincolnhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/topics/abraham-lincoln/?utm_medium=RSS2015-02-18T19:26:57+00:00Lincoln High gets a presidential visit 2015-02-18T19:26:57+00:00Northeast Times Staffhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/feb/18/lincoln-high-gets-presidential-visit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Brian Wagner dressed up as Abraham Lincoln at Abraham Lincoln High School in celebration of the former president&rsquo;s 206th birthday. The school handed out Tastykakes to students during lunch, while classmates took photos with Lincoln.&nbsp;</p>Lincoln High gets a presidential visit 2015-02-18T19:26:57+00:00Northeast Times Staffhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/feb/18/lincoln-high-gets-presidential-visit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Brian Wagner dressed up as Abraham Lincoln at Abraham Lincoln High School in celebration of the former president&rsquo;s 206th birthday. The school handed out Tastykakes to students during lunch, while classmates took photos with Lincoln.&nbsp;</p>Changes in the classroom2015-01-28T19:55:47+00:00John Loftushttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/jan/28/changes-classroom/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Northeast Philly has plenty of schools.&nbsp;</p> <p>In 2010, the year Frankford High School celebrated its 100th anniversary, the Northeast lost two big ones. Northeast Catholic High School and Cardinal Dougherty closed their doors in 2010 because of declining enrollment. Although neither school was in the Northeast, their student bodies included ...High school boys basketball update: January 28, 20152015-01-28T22:04:54+00:00Ed Morronehttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/jan/28/high-school-boys-basketball-update-january-28-2015/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Here is an updated look at how the area boys basketball squads are faring as the season winds down and playoffs approach. All records are through Jan. 27&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Philadelphia Catholic League:</strong></p> <p><strong>Archbishop Ryan</strong></p> <p>Record: 8-9 overall, 2-6 league</p> <p>Last week: World Communications (W, 55-41); St. Joseph&rsquo;s Prep (L, 37-32)</p> <p>Remaining: ...NE Times’ boys basketball roundup2015-01-14T19:25:20+00:00Ed Morronehttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/jan/14/ne-times-boys-basketball-roundup/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Now more than halfway through the 2014-15 high school basketball season, let&rsquo;s take a look at how the area boys squads are faring. (Records are through Jan. 13.)</p> <p><strong>Philadelphia Catholic League:</strong></p> <p><strong>Archbishop Ryan</strong></p> <p>Record: 6-6 overall, 1-3 league</p> <p>Last week: Bishop McDevitt (W, 54-45)</p> <p>This week: Archbishop Wood (L, 61-52); ...Crusaders make it 25 in a row against Railsplitters2014-12-03T20:57:40+00:00Tom Waringhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/dec/3/crusaders-make-it-25-row-against-railsplitters/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>It&rsquo;s been a quarter-century since Abraham Lincoln beat Father Judge in their Thanksgiving Day football rivalry, and it&rsquo;s hard to see the Railsplitters ending that skid any time soon.</p> <p>Last week, Judge again thoroughly dominated its rival.</p> <p>Zack Carroll was named Judge&rsquo;s Most Valuable Player, as he threw a touchdown ...Are you ready for some football?2014-08-28T21:31:48+00:00Ed Morronehttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/aug/28/are-you-ready-some-football/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>With Week 1 of the high school football season kicking off this weekend, here's a closer look at the seven Northeast-area programs:</p> <p><strong>Catholic League:</strong></p> <p><strong><u>Class AAAA</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Father Judge Crusaders</strong></p> <p><strong>Head coach: </strong>Mike McKay, second season (Career: 7-4)</p> <p><strong>Last season: </strong>7-4 overall, 2-2 league</p> <p><strong>Postseason: </strong>Lost in AAAA semis (35-0 to ...NE Sports Awards Banquet winners announced2014-04-30T21:18:34+00:00Ed Morronehttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/apr/30/ne-sports-awards-banquet-winners-announced/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>On May 14, the <i>Northeast Times</i> will celebrate its 29th annual Sports Awards Banquet at Cannstatter&rsquo;s. In next week&rsquo;s edition, the paper will publish a special banquet pullout section highlighting in detail all of this year&rsquo;s winners.&nbsp;</p> <p>Below is a list of the spring and annual award winners, which have ...Winter winners close book on basketball season2014-03-19T18:45:40+00:00Ed Morronehttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/mar/19/winter-winners-close-book-basketball-season/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>We&rsquo;ve officially entered the third week of March, and wouldn&rsquo;t you know it: there&rsquo;s still snow covering lawns and car windshields throughout the Delaware Valley. While everybody is impatiently waiting for spring to arrive, the (hopeful) final snowstorm of the year is a perfect time to take a final look ...Optimism running high for Public League ladies2013-12-11T20:09:37+00:00John Knebelshttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/dec/11/optimism-running-high-public-league-ladies2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>After a fall sports season that was blessed with usually supreme weather conditions, the Delaware Valley was blanketed by snow and ice this past weekend.</p> <p> &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>Indeed, a change of scenery beckons.</p> <p>For the next several months, basketball will take center stage, and there are several area girls ...Hoop Dreams2013-12-11T19:34:00+00:00Ed Morronehttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/dec/11/hoop-dreams2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Thanksgiving brought us brutally stinging cold temperatures, while the early throes of December dumped something we haven&rsquo;t seen in awhile across the Philadelphia region: ample snowfall.</p> <p>So let&rsquo;s ditch the cold and head inside the warm gymnasiums for another fantastic season of high school basketball.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sound good?</p> <p>With a plethora ...Thanksgiving football preview: Judge vs. Lincoln2013-11-27T17:49:05+00:00Ed Morronehttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/nov/27/thanksgiving-football-preview-judge-vs-lincoln2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Though still in his first season as the Father Judge head football coach, nobody needs to tell Mike McKay how important Thanksgiving&rsquo;s game against Abraham Lincoln is. McKay should know &hellip; after all, he played in the very first one.</p> <p>Back in 1975, the former Crusaders&rsquo; quarterback suited up with ...Dead zone2013-10-30T18:31:01+00:00William Kennyhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/30/dead-zone2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Loud bangs and disturbing voices have long been little-known peculiarities of Philadelphia&rsquo;s lone surviving Civil War museum, but noisy neighbors are not to blame.</p> <p>Spirits from the dead have turned the Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library into something of a flophouse for specters and suspicious shadows, according ...Reunions: October 23, 20132013-10-23T20:19:07+00:00Times Staffhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/23/reunions-october-23-2013/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><i>ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS</i></p> <p>Nativity BVM</p> <p>(Port Richmond)</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;82. Searching for former classmates interested in a reunion. Jackie, 215-332-2997.</p> <p>Our Lady of Mount Carmel</p> <p>(Third and Wolf streets)</p> <p>&bull; Class of June &rsquo;61. Looking for alumni interested in a reunion. Email &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; maggie2st@yahoo.com.</p> <p>St. ...Reunions: October 16, 20132013-10-16T18:29:39+00:00Times Staffhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/16/reunions-october-16-2013/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS</p> <p>Nativity BVM</p> <p>(Port Richmond)</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;82. Searching for former classmates interested in a reunion. Jackie, 215-332-2997.</p> <p>Our Lady of Mount Carmel</p> <p>(Third and Wolf streets)</p> <p>&bull; Class of June &rsquo;61. Looking for alumni interested in a reunion. Email &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; maggie2st@yahoo.com.</p> <p>St. ...Reunions: October 2, 20132013-10-02T19:05:59+00:00Times Staffhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/2/reunions-october-2-2013/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><i>ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS</i></p> <p>Nativity BVM</p> <p>(Port Richmond)</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;63. Holding reunion on Oct. 12 at P&amp;P Caterers &ndash; &ldquo;Fountain Room.&rdquo; Email MaryAnn Becker at mbecker6313@gmail.com.</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;82. Searching for former classmates interested in a reunion. Jackie, 215-332-2997.</p> <p>Our Lady of Mount Carmel</p> <p>(Third and Wolf streets)</p> <p>&bull; ...Reunions: September 25, 20132013-09-25T19:34:02+00:00Times Staffhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/sep/25/reunions-september-25-2013/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><i>ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS</i></p> <p>Nativity BVM</p> <p>(Port Richmond)</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;63. Holding reunion on Oct. 12 at P&amp;P Caterers &ndash; &ldquo;Fountain Room.&rdquo; Email MaryAnn Becker at mbecker6313@gmail.com.</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;82. Searching for former classmates interested in a reunion. Jackie, 215-332-2997.</p> <p>Our Lady of Mount Carmel</p> <p>(Third and Wolf streets)</p> <p>&bull; ...Reunions: September 18, 20132013-09-18T20:27:01+00:00Times Staffhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/sep/18/reunions-september-18-2013/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><i>ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS</i></p> <p>Nativity BVM</p> <p>(Port Richmond)</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;63. Holding reunion on Oct. 12 at P&amp;P Caterers &ndash; &ldquo;Fountain Room.&rdquo; Email MaryAnn Becker at mbecker6313@gmail.com.</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;82. Searching for former classmates interested in a reunion. Jackie, 215-332-2997.</p> <p>Our Lady of Mount Carmel</p> <p>(Third and Wolf streets)</p> <p>&bull; ...Reunions: September 11, 20132013-09-11T20:30:44+00:00Times Staffhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/sep/11/reunions-september-11-2013/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS</p> <p>Nativity BVM</p> <p>(Port Richmond)</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;63. Holding reunion on Oct. 12 at P&amp;P Caterers &ndash; &ldquo;Fountain Room.&rdquo; Email MaryAnn Becker at mbecker6313@gmail.com.</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;82. Searching for former classmates interested in a reunion. Jackie, 215-332-2997.</p> <p>Our Lady of Mount Carmel</p> <p>(Third and Wolf streets)</p> <p>&bull; ...Reunions: September 4, 20132013-09-04T19:08:45+00:00Times Staffhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/sep/4/reunions-september-4-2013/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS</p> <p>Nativity BVM</p> <p>(Port Richmond)</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;63. Holding reunion on Oct. 12 at P&amp;P Caterers &ndash; &ldquo;Fountain Room.&rdquo; Email MaryAnn Becker at mbecker6313@gmail.com.</p> <p>&bull; Class of &rsquo;82. Searching for former classmates interested in a reunion. Jackie, 215-332-2997.</p> <p>Our Lady of Mount Carmel</p> <p>(Third and Wolf streets)</p> <p>&bull; ...